Prayer

As the list of recommended resources given below demonstrates, prayer, or perhaps its lack, is a regular concern for the church throughout her generations. Few of us think we pray often enough. All of us confess that our prayers are too easily distracted and are flawed in a thousand other ways. But prayer is the life of the Christian. We cannot live apart from fellowship with the Triune God, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. And we do not fully experience that fellowship in this life apart from prayer.

Prayer is a discipline. It is a habit. Regular, faithful prayer can be nurtured by attention and discipline. It can be wilted by inattention. As with any good habit, we must labor to develop good disciplines of prayer.

Prayer is often considered and discussed as something done in private. And private prayer is indeed important and valuable. Our Lord taught us to go to our closets to pray. And yet, there is also ample testimony in Scripture to the value and virtue of corporate prayer. When we gather as families and as the Body of Christ in worship we are not a collection of autonomous individuals. We are members of one another corporately and so we need to emphasize developing the disciplines of corporate prayer too.

One of the chief ways of cultivating healthy prayer is by reading the lives of men who prayed well and by emulating their prayers, when they have been recorded for us. The resources below are a rich treasure, full of value and encouragement.

It's time to pray like we mean it.

"Seek the LORD while he may be found; call on him while he is near. Let the wicked forsake his way and the evil man his thoughts. Let him turn to the LORD, and he will have mercy on him, and to our God, for he will freely pardon."
(Is. 55:6-7)

"My heart says of you, ‘Seek his face!’ Your face, LORD, I will seek." (Ps. 27:8)

"Sow for yourselves righteousness, reap the fruit of unfailing love, and break up your unplowed ground; for it is time to seek the LORD, until he comes and showers righteousness on you." (Hos.10:12)

"If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land." (2 Chr. 7:14)

"Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful." (Col 4:2)

"Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God." (Phil 4:6)

"One of the great uses of Twitter and Facebook will be to prove at the Last Day that prayerlessness was not from lack of time."John Piper
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American Indian Prayer Guide
by Danette Maloof, Dean Cozzens
from Sonlight Curriculum, Ltd.
for 4th-7th grade
in Native American History (Location: HISA-19NAT)
$4.50 (3 in stock)
Awed to Heaven, Rooted in Earth
by Walter Brueggemann
from Fortress Press
for Adult
in Prayer (Location: XCL-PRAY)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Classic Prayers for Children
by Laurie Latour, editor
from Future Christian Homemakers
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Prayer (Location: XCL-PRAY)
$6.00 (2 in stock)
Diary of Private Prayer
by John Baillie
1st Fireside Ed from Touchstone
for Adult
in Clearance: Christian Books (Location: XCLE)
$2.00 (1 in stock)
Every Moment Holy Volume 1
by Douglas Kaine McKelvey, illustrated by Ned Bustard
from Rabbit Room Press
for 6th-Adult
in Family Worship (Location: BIB-FAWO)
$29.75 $14.70 (2 in stock)
Every Moment Holy Volume 2 (Pocketsize Edition)
by Douglas McKelvey, Illustrated by Ned Bustard
Pocket Edition from Rabbit Room Press
for 6th-Adult
in Family Worship (Location: BIB-FAWO)
$21.24 $10.50 (1 in stock)
Lord, Teach Me to Pray in 28 Days
by Kay Arthur
Expanded from Harvest House
for Adult
in Prayer (Location: XCL-PRAY)
$8.00 (1 in stock)
My Prayer Book
by Margaret Clemens, illustrated by Esther Friend
1960 reprint from Rand McNally
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Vintage Picture Books (Location: VIN-PIC)
$8.00 (1 in stock)
On Earth as it is in Heaven
by Emily Gwathmey
from West Field Studios
for Adult
in Prayer (Location: XCL-PRAY)
$7.50 (1 in stock)
Operation World
by Jason Mandryk, Patrick & Robin Johnstone
7th edition from Biblica Publishing
for 9th-Adult
in Prayer (Location: XCL-PRAY)
$15.00 (2 in stock)
Our Lord Prays for His Own
by Marcus Rainsford
4th edition from Kregel Publications
for Adult
in Bible Commentaries (Location: XBI-COMM)
$3.90 (1 in stock)
Prayer
by Timothy Keller
from Dutton Adult
in Prayer (Location: XCL-PRAY)
$14.00 (1 in stock)
Prayer for a Child
by Rachel Field
1957 Printing from Macmillan
for 1st-3rd grade
in Vintage Picture Books (Location: VIN-PIC)
$4.50 (1 in stock)
Prayer of Jehoshaphat
by Stanley D. Gale
from P&R Publishing
for Adult
in Suffering & Hope (Location: XCL-SUF)
$3.00 (1 in stock)
Prayer of the Lord
by R.C. Sproul
from Reformation Trust Publishing
for 9th-Adult
in Prayer (Location: XCL-PRAY)
$9.00 (1 in stock)
Praying through the 100 Gateway Cities of the 10/40 Window
2nd edition from YWAM Publishing
for 4th-Adult
in Prayer (Location: XCL-PRAY)
$9.99 $4.50 (2 in stock)
Short Method of Prayer
by Madame Guyon
from Hendrickson Publishers
for 11th-Adult
in Hendrickson Christian Classics (Location: XCL-DEV)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Spurgeon on Prayer and Spiritual Warfare
by Charles Spurgeon
from Whitaker House
for Adult
in Prayer (Location: XCL-PRAY)
$8.00 (1 in stock)
Story of Three Trees
by Steven Robinson
from Whole Spirit Press
for Kindergarten-2nd grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
$5.00 (1 in stock)
Taking Hold of God
from Reformation Heritage Books
for Adult
in Prayer (Location: XCL-PRAY)
$4.50 (1 in stock)
Tracking Your Walk
by Jim Drake
from YWAM Publishing
for 4th-6th grade
in Devotions for Kids (Location: BIB-DEV)
$4.00 (3 in stock)
Twin Pillars of the Christian Life
by Dr. Wayne Mack & Joshua Mack
from Grace & Truth Books
Formal Poetry for 10th-Adult
in Clearance: Christian Books (Location: XCLE)
$5.00 (2 in stock)
When Children Pray
by Cheri Fuller
from Multnomah Books
for Adult
in Prayer (Location: XCL-PRAY)
$8.50 (1 in stock)
When Grace Comes Alive
by Terry L. Johnson
from Christian Focus Publications
for Adult
in Practical Christian Living (Location: XCL-PRAC)
$4.80 (1 in stock)
Why Pray?
by John F. DeVries
from Mission India
for Adult
in Prayer (Location: XCL-PRAY)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Why Pray?
by John F. DeVries
from Mission India
for Adult
in Prayer (Location: XCL-PRAY)
$8.00 (4 in stock)
Window on the World
by Daphne Spraggett & Jill Johnstone
from Paternoster
for 2nd-7th grade
in Devotions for Kids (Location: BIB-DEV)
$7.00 (1 in stock)
Window on the World
by Daphne Spraggett, Jill Johnstone
from InterVarsity Press
for 2nd-8th grade
in Clearance: Christian Books (Location: XCLE)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Window on the World
by Daphne Spraggett, Jill Johnstone
Revised Edition from InterVarsity Press
for 2nd-8th grade
in Devotions for Kids (Location: BIB-DEV)
$30.00 $18.00 (1 in stock)
Woman After God's Own Heart
by Elizabeth George
1St Edition from Harvest House
for 10th-adult
in Biblical Womanhood (Location: XFA-WOM)
$1.80 (1 in stock)
Woman After God's Own Heart
by Elizabeth George
Deluxe from Harvest House
for 10th-adult
in Biblical Womanhood (Location: XFA-WOM)
$2.40 (1 in stock)